“Step aside or be crushed”

StepAsideThis is a juggernaut, the origin of the term for a huge, powerful, and overwhelming force or institution which crushes everything in its path. You can judge the size of the juggernaut by the person in the box at the base of the wheel. The term was brought to England from India in the 1630s when a traveler reported a “huge wagon bearing an image of the god Krishna” in the town of Puni. The appearance of the juggernaut was an annual event and it is said some devotees of Krishna allow themselves to be crushed to death under the wheels of the juggernaut rather than move to safety. They clearly view this as a sacrifice to their god. Blind devotion to a god, man or idea is dangerous to your health and the welfare of your nation, something men and women in Congress and the 50 states should keep in mind as this years’ legislative and Congressional sessions begin.

Steve Levi is an Alaskan writer who specializes in the Alaska Gold Rush (nonfiction) and the ‘impossible crime,’ (fiction.)  An ‘impossible crime’ is one where the detective must figure out HOW the crime was committed before going after the perpetrators – like a Greyhound bus with bank robbers and hostages disappearing off the Golden Gate Bridge –THE MATTER OF THE VANISHING GREYHOUND. Steve’s books can be found at www.authormasterminds.com/steve-levi

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